Food production,family farming and role of females in Japanese rural society

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380678
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Shiga University
• Principal Investigator: KASHIO Tamaki 滋賀大学, 環境総合研究センター, 客員教授 (70414034)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 農村女性 / ジェンダー / 農村発展史 / 農山漁村 / 生活

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research attempted to reveal the contribution made by women toward rural development in Japan from the post war period to the 1980s when a structural change occurred in rural societies. The rural females played an important role to support the family income by engaged in construction works with male workers. This study also showed the changes of farming operations curried out by women after the introduction of agricultural machinery. It is indicated that rural female became less interested in rice cultivation as they lost opportunities to learn how to operate the machinery and were separated from farming in rice fields.

Free Research Field

農村社会学